Decision-Making Contracts in the UK excluding London

Decision-Making
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Decision-Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decision-Making over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 81 67
Rank change year-on-year +28 -14 +11
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 735 651 1,074
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.45% 2.87% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 3.22% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 430 714
10th Percentile £262 £308 £315
25th Percentile £391 £424 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.82%
75th Percentile £600 £599 £600
90th Percentile £688 £714 £675
UK median daily rate £504 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 37 90
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.01 £13.25
25th Percentile £11.87 £19.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% -16.67% +66.91%
75th Percentile £34.20 £56.40 £51.45
90th Percentile £51.33 £64.25 £56.87
UK median hourly rate £19.38 £41.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -53.22% -7.97% +55.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Decision-Making falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,598 20,227 27,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.72% 89.09% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,365 13,876 18,976
10th Percentile £250 £260 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,188 1,246 1,331
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.63 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £33.14 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.02% +57.82% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.40 £75.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in the UK excluding London

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in the UK excluding London

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in the UK excluding London

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in the UK excluding London

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Decision-Making in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Decision-Making in the UK excluding London

Decision-Making
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Decision-Making within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +55 181 £515 -0.96% 275
South East +17 177 £540 +3.85% 234
North West +47 136 £463 -11.06% 172
Midlands +41 123 £431 -17.86% 205
South West +23 110 £550 - 134
West Midlands +19 85 £475 -10.59% 131
Scotland -10 78 £435 -13.00% 58
East of England +20 54 £513 +13.89% 97
East Midlands +26 37 £270 -43.16% 74
Yorkshire -3 33 £550 +5.26% 78
North East +16 12 £525 +13.51% 26
Wales +18 11 £300 -45.45% 22
Northern Ireland -2 5 £640 +293.85% 9
Decision-Making
UK

Decision-Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.77%) Confluence
3 7 (0.95%) SAS
4 4 (0.54%) Apache
4 4 (0.54%) WordPress
5 3 (0.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.14%) Appian
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 83 (11.29%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (4.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.45%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.54%) Trello
8 3 (0.41%) SPSS
9 1 (0.14%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.14%) FileZilla
9 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (0.68%) Primavera
2 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 80 (10.88%) Azure
2 76 (10.34%) AWS
3 52 (7.07%) Power Platform
4 30 (4.08%) Snowflake
5 28 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (2.86%) SaaS
7 20 (2.72%) Taleo
8 12 (1.63%) PaaS
9 10 (1.36%) Serverless
10 9 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.09%) GCP
11 8 (1.09%) npm
12 5 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.68%) IaaS
12 5 (0.68%) OCI
12 5 (0.68%) Smartsheet
13 4 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (0.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.54%) WAN
2 25 (3.40%) LAN
3 23 (3.13%) Firewall
4 17 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (1.90%) VoIP
6 11 (1.50%) SAN
7 10 (1.36%) Network Security
7 10 (1.36%) VPN
8 9 (1.22%) DNS
9 8 (1.09%) DHCP
9 8 (1.09%) MPLS
10 7 (0.95%) PBX
10 7 (0.95%) VLAN
11 6 (0.82%) 3G
11 6 (0.82%) 4G
11 6 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.82%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (0.82%) Internet
11 6 (0.82%) Radio Access Network
11 6 (0.82%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.67%) Power BI
2 45 (6.12%) Tableau
3 18 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (2.45%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.90%) Big Data
5 12 (1.63%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.63%) Data Mining
6 10 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.54%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.41%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.41%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.41%) MS Access
10 3 (0.41%) MySQL
10 3 (0.41%) Power Query
10 3 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 35 (4.76%) JIRA
2 27 (3.67%) Cucumber
2 27 (3.67%) Jenkins
2 27 (3.67%) Selenium
3 25 (3.40%) SonarQube
4 24 (3.27%) REST Assured
5 19 (2.59%) GitLab
6 15 (2.04%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.54%) Git
8 3 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.14%) ERwin
10 1 (0.14%) RStudio
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 342 (46.53%) Social Skills
2 172 (23.40%) Analytical Skills
3 160 (21.77%) Finance
4 87 (11.84%) Public Sector
5 62 (8.44%) Presentation Skills
6 48 (6.53%) Organisational Skills
7 44 (5.99%) Legal
7 44 (5.99%) Telecoms
8 41 (5.58%) Marketing
9 31 (4.22%) Retail
10 26 (3.54%) Law
11 23 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (2.86%) Banking
12 21 (2.86%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.86%) Police
13 19 (2.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (2.31%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.90%) Local Government
16 12 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (17.55%) Analyst
2 85 (11.56%) Lead
3 67 (9.12%) Architect
4 66 (8.98%) Project Manager
5 60 (8.16%) Senior
6 33 (4.49%) Developer
7 31 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
8 30 (4.08%) Consultant
9 29 (3.95%) Data Analyst
10 23 (3.13%) IT Manager
11 22 (2.99%) Business Analyst
11 22 (2.99%) Java Engineer
12 19 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
12 19 (2.59%) Support Engineer
13 17 (2.31%) DevOps Engineer
14 15 (2.04%) Business Manager
14 15 (2.04%) Software Engineer
15 14 (1.90%) Delivery Manager
16 13 (1.77%) Senior Manager
16 13 (1.77%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.31%) REST
2 25 (3.40%) Java EE
3 16 (2.18%) AngularJS
4 12 (1.63%) ARM Templates
4 12 (1.63%) Spring
5 9 (1.22%) HTML
6 8 (1.09%) CSS
6 8 (1.09%) JPA
6 8 (1.09%) Spring Boot
7 7 (0.95%) .NET
8 6 (0.82%) Middleware
8 6 (0.82%) RESTful
9 5 (0.68%) React
10 4 (0.54%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.41%) Kafka
11 3 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (0.27%) Node.js
12 2 (0.27%) React Native
12 2 (0.27%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.80%) Management Information System
2 30 (4.08%) Data Centre
3 24 (3.27%) Credit Risk
4 21 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 21 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.31%) Clustering
6 13 (1.77%) Driving Licence
7 11 (1.50%) Life Science
7 11 (1.50%) NHS
8 9 (1.22%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (1.22%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.09%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.09%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.95%) Blackberry
10 7 (0.95%) PMI
10 7 (0.95%) SCADA
10 7 (0.95%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 81 (11.02%) Windows
2 37 (5.03%) Windows 10
3 18 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.90%) Unix
5 12 (1.63%) Linux
6 11 (1.50%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.22%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.41%) Android
12 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (18.10%) Project Management
3 121 (16.46%) Agile
4 111 (15.10%) Time Management
5 99 (13.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 95 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 91 (12.38%) Analytics
8 60 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
9 59 (8.03%) Roadmaps
10 58 (7.89%) Change Management
10 58 (7.89%) DevOps
11 57 (7.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 57 (7.76%) Software Engineering
12 56 (7.62%) Data Analysis
13 55 (7.48%) Actionable Insight
14 52 (7.07%) Data Protection
15 51 (6.94%) Visualisation
16 49 (6.67%) Coaching
17 48 (6.53%) PRINCE2
17 48 (6.53%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 74 (10.07%) SQL
2 44 (5.99%) Java
3 33 (4.49%) Python
4 23 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 13 (1.77%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.22%) R
7 8 (1.09%) Swift
8 6 (0.82%) C#
8 6 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.41%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.27%) VBA
11 1 (0.14%) Bash
11 1 (0.14%) Perl
11 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.14%) Scala
11 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 159 (21.63%) Security Cleared
2 151 (20.54%) Degree
3 111 (15.10%) SC Cleared
4 52 (7.07%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.54%) HND
6 23 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.72%) Master's Degree
9 19 (2.59%) PMI Certification
10 18 (2.45%) CISM
11 17 (2.31%) PMP
12 16 (2.18%) CISSP
13 15 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (2.04%) HNC
14 13 (1.77%) CCNP
15 11 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
16 9 (1.22%) CISA
16 9 (1.22%) DBS Check
17 8 (1.09%) MBA
17 8 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.76%) Disclosure Scotland
2 34 (4.63%) QA
3 32 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 28 (3.81%) PMO
5 16 (2.18%) SLA
6 13 (1.77%) GDPR
7 10 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.22%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.95%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.82%) NIST
11 5 (0.68%) GMP
12 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.14%) GxP
15 1 (0.14%) IFRS
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.31%) Docker
4 10 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (1.09%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (0.82%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.54%) vSphere
9 3 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (4.22%) Ansible
2 24 (3.27%) Kubernetes
3 20 (2.72%) Terraform
4 19 (2.59%) SCCM
5 13 (1.77%) Podman
6 12 (1.63%) Docker Swarm
7 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (1.22%) Nagios
8 9 (1.22%) NetBackup
9 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
10 7 (0.95%) Autotask
10 7 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.95%) Nessus
11 4 (0.54%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.54%) VxRail
12 3 (0.41%) MOM
13 2 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
13 2 (0.27%) SCOM
14 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 156 (21.22%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.03%) Cisco
2 37 (5.03%) VMware
3 28 (3.81%) Alteryx
4 26 (3.54%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.13%) Juniper
6 18 (2.45%) Nokia
7 16 (2.18%) IBM
7 16 (2.18%) Salesforce
7 16 (2.18%) SAP
8 15 (2.04%) Informatica
9 14 (1.90%) Oracle
10 11 (1.50%) Google
10 11 (1.50%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.22%) Dell
11 9 (1.22%) Facebook
11 9 (1.22%) Instagram
12 8 (1.09%) Apple
12 8 (1.09%) Citrix
12 8 (1.09%) Hitachi